Knockdown of the Plasmodium falciparum SURFIN4.1 antigen leads to an increase of its cognate transcript.

The genome of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum contains the surf gene family which encodes large transmembrane proteins of unknown function. While some surf alleles appear to be expressed in sexual stages, others occur in asexual blood stage forms and may be associated to virulence-associa...

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Main Authors: Tatiane Macedo-Silva, Rosana Beatriz Duque Araujo, Kamila Anna Meissner, Wesley Luzetti Fotoran, Márcia Melo Medeiros, Mauro Ferreira de Azevedo, Gerhard Wunderlich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5553854?pdf=render